[Federal Register: March 1, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 41)]
[Notices]
[Page 11077-11078]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
from Kansas in the Possession of the Peabody Museum of Natural History,
Yale University, New Haven, CT
AGENCY: National Park Service
ACTION: Notice
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9,
of the completion of an inventory of human remains from Kansas in the
possession of the Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Peabody
Museum), Yale University, New Haven, CT.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Yale Peabody
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
In 1873, human remains representing two individuals recovered from
the upper fork of the Solomon River, Kansas, were donated to the Yale
Peabody Museum by Joseph Savage. No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
Based on documentary evidence and consultation with representatives
of the Pawnee Indian Tribe, these individuals have been determined to
be Native American. Based on geographic origin of these human remains,
published accounts of the traditional territory of the Pawnee, and
historical information provided by the Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma,
the preponderance of the evidence for cultural affiliation of these
human remains has been determined to be with the Pawnee Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Yale
Peabody Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1),
the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Yale Peabody
Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a
relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced
between these Native American human remains and the Pawnee Indian Tribe
of Oklahoma.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Pawnee Indian Tribe
of Oklahoma. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and
associated funerary objects should contact Dr. Richard Burger,
Director, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue,
P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118; telephone: (203) 432-3752,
before March 31, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains to the Pawnee
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma may begin after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations
within this notice.
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Dated: February 9, 2000.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
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